Podcast
Listen: AgriFocus - Weather and tillage with Teagasc's Michael Hennessy
In this episode Francess McDonnell asks the head of crops knowledge transfer with Teagasc, Michael Hennessy, what is the immediate...
Podcast
In this episode Francess McDonnell asks the head of crops knowledge transfer with Teagasc, Michael Hennessy, what is the immediate...
N.Ireland
College of Agriculture Food and Rural Enterprises (CAFRE) crops specialist, Leigh McClean highlighted a number of priorities for arable farmers...
N.Ireland
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (CAFRE) has just published a crops update for Northern Ireland. It relates...
N.Ireland
Agronomist, Richard Owens, has confirmed that continuing wet conditions are hampering cereal growers form getting on with critically important field...
Tillage News
The National Fodder and Food Security Committee (NFFSC) has heard that “very little, if any” planting of spring crops has...
N.Ireland
According to College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprises (CAFRE) crops advisors, spring barley seed may be in short supply...
Tillage
The overall area under cereals fell by 16,300ha to 272,400ha in the 12 month period from June 2022 to June...
N.Ireland
Little to no winter crop has been sown out on farms, according to College of Agriculture Food and Rural Enterprise...
Beef
It is envisaged that lime usage on Irish farms will double over the coming years. Moreover, this enhanced usage level...
Beef
Johnstown-Castle-based, soil fertility specialist, Mark Plunkett, has been confirming the benefits of enhanced lime usage that has been recorded across...
Tillage
Teagasc is categorising its recommendations regarding nitrogen which is applied to winter crops in ways that reflect current plant numbers....
Environment
The Irish government could potentially step in to mandate the spreading of protected urea if farmers do not voluntarily commit...
Agri-Business
In the latest installment of Agriland’s Organics Series, in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), we visit...
Tillage
March beckons and tillage farmers will be keen to kick-on with the management priorities associated with winter cereal crops, planted...
Tillage
The presence of cereal volunteers or companion plants with oilseed rape (OSR) could lead to a marked reduction in damage...
Tillage
Teagasc’s Crops Costs and Returns 2024 booklet identifies a consistent fall-off in variable costs associated with cereal production over the past...
Tillage
Teagasc has just published its Crop Costs and Returns 2024 overview. It is intended as an indicative guide to crop...
Environment
Teagasc’s Gary Lanigan has highlighted a number of mitigation measures that can be taken by farmers to reduce greenhouse gas...